International Sanctions Against Iran Lifted
Source: Washington Post
By Carol Morello and Karen DeYoung January 16 at 4:00 PM Follow @CMorelloWP Follow @karendeyoung1
VIENNA Iran reentered the global economy Saturday, as years of crippling international sanctions were lifted in exchange for the verified disabling of much of its nuclear infrastructure.
For Iran, implementation of the landmark deal it finalized with six world powers last summer means immediate access to more than $50 billion in long-frozen assets, and freedom to sell its oil and purchase goods in the international marketplace. Tehran has hailed the deal as vindication of its power and influence in the world.
The removal of sanctions comes as President Obama begins his last year in office, and almost seven years to the day since he called on Iran to unclench your fist and take steps toward rapprochement with the United States and the world. As a result of the agreement, he said in his last State of the Union speech this week, a nuclear-armed Iran has been prevented, and the world has avoided another war.
The triggering event for implementation was certification by the International Atomic Energy Agency Saturday that Iran had successfully completed all the nuclear steps it agreed to in July: sending the bulk of its enriched uranium outside the country, dismantling and storing most of its centrifuges, and disabling its Arak nuclear reactor, capable of yielding plutonium. The IAEA is also charged with monitoring and verifying Irans continued compliance.
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RKP5637
(67,030 posts)EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)Something positive for a change.
blm
(112,919 posts).
NobodyHere
(2,810 posts)blm
(112,919 posts)and then when weapon inspectors were reporting that there were no WMDs found and so force was NOT needed, Kerry sided with them and said so publicly. Perhaps you missed that or perhaps you didn't possess the ability to discern at the time
.and still don't.
Or perhaps you are completely unfamiliar with Kerry's entire public record and rely on propaganda to keep you misinformed?
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)And hello there!
killbotfactory
(13,566 posts)And relieved there are still adults in the room.
blm
(112,919 posts).
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Iran should be our natural ally in the region, rather than the Wahhabi idiots in Saudi Arabia and the genocidal Fascists in charge in Israel.
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)Monk06
(7,675 posts)joshcryer
(62,265 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)...from the people who wanted to carpet bomb and invade Iran.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Gobama!
Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)roamer65
(36,739 posts)Sell high, then buy low in a year or so.
In an outright crash, the Fed will defend the money market funds until the very bitter end...in other words, a currency collapse.
The deflation monster has escaped its cage, folks.